A Definitive Ranking Of 29 Badass TV Show Detectives

HBO

390

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Fictional detectives are some of the best characters on TV: they save lives, they solve mysteries, and they don't take anyone's crap.

Now that the first season of HBO's "True Detective" is over, and now that we've sadly said goodbye to Rust and Marty, we took it upon ourselves to rank our favorite TV detectives. Sure, they're all cunning and intimidating in their own ways, but we've ranked them by how much badassery they exhibit.